Swift key [App Review] July 14, 2010
Posted by David in : Android, App Reviews, Technology , trackback
Recently Swift Key for Android, a keyboard replacement, was added to the market with a beta tag. Unlike other replacement keyboards for android Swift Key does not try to change the way we use a touchscreen keyboard instead it changes how effective we are at using the keyboard.
Swift key uses very advanced predicted text mechanics that seems to read your mind telling you what you want to type before you even know.
If you have used other replacement keyboards you will notice some interesting things during setup. First you need to download the language packs you will need with a lot to choose. Second it asks to read text messages to learn how you type. Now this seems odd but it is vital. Let me explain I have two kids each with unusual names, each time I get new phone or download a new keyboard I have to take the time to program the names into the dictionary. This time however I didn’t need to in fact it knew how to spell their name as well as my ex-wifes unique spelled name as well as understanding the need to make sure they are all correctly capitalized. And it learned this from reading my text messages.
So how affective is Swift Key? I wrote this blog post with it in about 5 minutes on my phone. And based on what Swift is telling I am 21% more efficient using Swift Key and and was saved 374 keystrokes. Although I feel it is more because it corrected my fat thumbs also.
So grab the app while you can and when it is released out of beta pay for it, it will be worth it.
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